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White Sox 1B, Jose Abreu, leads the MLB with 12 home runs. Angels 1B, Albert Pujols, has hit 10 home runs. Pujols did not hit his tenth home run last season until June 9.

Marlins OF, Giancarlo Stanton, leads the MLB with 38 RBI.

Dodgers 2B, Dee Gordon, leads the MLB with 19 stolen bases.

Among batters with at least 110 plate appearances; Jays OF, Jose Bautista, leads the MLB with a 22.5 percent walk rate. Brewers OF, Kris Davis, has the lowest walk rate in the MLB at 0.8 percent. Brewers teammate and SS, Jean Segura, has the second lowest rate at 1.7 percent.

Recently optioned demoted to AAA Mariners OF, Abraham Almonte, has struck out at the highest rate in the MLB – 35.4 percent. Tigers DH/1B/C, Victor Martinez,strikes out at the lowest rate of plate appearances in the MLB at 4.2 percent.

Rangers OF, Shin-Soo Choo, currently leads the MLB with a .443 BABIP. Choo’s career BABIP is .353, so one would expect some regression.

Indians 3B/DH/C, Carlos Santana‘s .148 BABIP is currently the worst in the MLB. Santana’s career .273 BABIP is a relatively low batting average on balls in play to start with. Santana’s struggles look like more than just bad luck however. His line drive percentage has dropped to a career low 10.8 percent. That is a 54.4% drop from his career best line drive percentage in 2013 of 21.8 percent.

Rockies SS, Troy Tulowitzki, leads the MLB in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. His line looks like .421/.522/.794. Therefore his 1.317 OPS obviously is the best in the MLB. That OPS is .259 better than second place Jose Bautista. Just to describe how big of a lead that is: Diamondbacks OF, Cody Ross, has a .268 OPS on the season by himself. So basically, Tulowitzki leads second place Bautista by a whole MLB player.

For those who prefer wOBA to OPS – Tulowitzki’s .549 is also best in the MLB. Bautista is second again with a .458 wOBA.

Tulowitzki also leads the MLB with a 3.3 fWAR (Fangraphs WAR). Second place is Angels OF, Mike Trout at 2.6.

White Sox OF, Adam Eaton, leads the MLB with 9 infield hits.

Nationals OF, Denard Span, currently has seen the highest percentage of pitches that are fastballs in the MLB at 77.2 percent. Pirates 3B, Pedro Alvarez, has seen the lowest percentage of pitches that are fastballs at 45.6 percent.

Mariners SS, Brad Miller, has swung at the highest percentage of pitches outside of the zone – 42.9 percent. Shin-Soo Choo, at 14.7 percent, has swung at the lowest percentage of pitches outside the zone.

Kris Davis at 16.9 percent has swung and missed at the highest rate of pitches. Victor Martinez on the other hand has only swung and missed at 3.0 percent of the pitches he has seen – the best rate in the majors.

Base runners have stolen 22 bases with Wellington Castillo catching. That is the most off any one catcher in the MLB. Only 3 base runners have been caught with Castillo catching. In comparision base runners have only stolen 8 bases with Yadier Molina catching. Molina has thrown out 9.

Reds RHP, Johnny Cueto, has pitched 55 innings on the season to lead the majors.

Stephen Strasburg‘s 13.05 K/9 rate is the best among innings qualified pitchers. Twins RHP, Kevin Correia, at 3.97 K/9 has the lowest strike out rate in the majors.

Cardinals RHP, Shelby Miller, at 5.26 BB/9 has walked the highest rate of batters among innings qualified pitchers. Second place is Red Sox RHP, Jake Peavy, at 5.02 BB/9. Somewhat surprising to me is the two pitchers with the highest BB/9 rate have have pretty good ERAs. Miller has a 3.20 ERA and Peavy has a 2.87 ERA. The lowest walk rate in the MLB belongs to Giants RHP, Tim Hudson, with a 0.50 BB/9 rate (3bb in 54.1ip).

The highest BABIP allowed in the MLB is .388 by Stephen Strasburg. Johnny Cueto has only allowed a .188 BABIP, which is the lowest in the MLB. Cueto also has a 1.31 ERA, which is best in the MLB. Kevin Correia’s 6.09 ERA is the highest in the majors.

Among pitchers, the highest fWAR is Red Sox RHP, Jon Lester, at 1.9. Shelby Miller has a -0.5 fWAR which is worst.

Pirates RHP, Charlie Morton, has hit the most batters in the MLB with 7. Diamondbacks LHP, Wade Miley, has thrown the most wild pitches with 6. Twins RHP, Samuel Deduno, has balked the most times in the majors with 3.

Angels LHP, C.J. Wilson, has received the most run support in the majors, with an average of 8.5 RS/9 (Runs support per nine innings). Pirates LHP, Francisco Liriano, has recieved the least amount of run support at 1.67 RS/9.

C.J. Wilson has thrown 814 pitches so far in 2014 – the most in the majors.

Mets RHP, Bartolo Colon, has thrown the highest percentage of pitches being fastballs in the MLB at 88.1 percent. Jays RHP, R.A. Dickey, has thrown the least percentage of fastballs in the MLB at 14.6 percent. Dickey’s fastball is also the slowest average fastball so far in the MLB among innings qualifiecd pitchers at 82.0mph. Royals RHP, Yordano Ventura, at 96.7mph has the fastest average fastball velocity.

Batters have swung at 39.9 percent of Yankees RHP, Masahiro Tanaka‘s pitches outside the zone to start 2014 – the most in the majors.

Rays LHP, David Price, has thrown a first pitch strike 74.1 percent of the time – the most in the MLB. Angels RHP, Garrett Richards has thrown the least amount of first pitch strikes – at 45.8 percent.

Among innings qualified pitchers Rays RHP, Chris Archer, takes the most times between pitches – 26.6 seconds. The pitcher who take the least amount of time between pitches is Jays LHP, Mark Buehrle at 16.0 seconds.

As a team the Colorado Rockies have hit the most home runs in the majors, with 49. The Kansas City Royals have hit the least with 14. The Rockies have scored the most total runs as well with 206. The San Diego Padres have scored the least amount of runs so far with 91.

The most stolen bases as a team belongs to the Los Angeles Dodgers with 37 (19 by Dee Gordon). The Florida Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals each have 9 stolen bases as a team – the lowest in the MLB.

The Minnesota Twins have a 11.5 walk percentage to lead the majors. The Padres have the lowest walk rate at 6.1 percent.

The Atlanta Braves have struck out at a major league high 24.2 percent of plate appearances. The Royals at 15.4 percent have struck out in the least amount of plate appearances.

With a .354 OBP the Rockies lead the MLB in OBP. The Padres and their .265 OBP bring up the rear in this category as well.

The Cleveland Indians and Dodgers each have committed 33 errors on the season to lead the majors. The Toronto Blue Jays have committed 11, which is the least amount in the MLB.

Washington Nationals pitchers have struck out the highest rate of batters with a 9.34 K/9. Minnesota Twins pitchers at 5.58 K/9 are the worst staff at racking up the strikeouts so far in 2014. The Chicago White Sox are walking 4.41 batters per 9 innings – the most in the MLB. The San Francisco Giants are best at not allowing free bases at 2.45 BB/9.

The best ERA as a team belongs to the Braves at 2.64. The Houston Astros pitching staff has been the worst with a 5.04 ERA.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have blown the most saves as a team so far in 2014, with 9. The Padres however have only blown 1 save.

White Sox pitchers have thrown the most pitchers as a team so far with 5,436. The Detroit Tigers have only thrown 4,144 pitches as a team so far – the least in the majors.

Cardinals pitchers have thrown the highest percentage of fastballs so far in 2014 at 66.8 percent. The Giants on the other hand have thrown fastballs at the lowest rate in the majors at 51.5 percent. Florida Marlins pitchers at 93.4mph average the fastest fastballs thrown as a team. The only team that does not average over 90mph on their fastballs is the Arizona Diamondbacks at 89.5mph.

As a team the Pirates are throwing the most first pitch strikes at 62.6 percent. The Angels are throwing the least first pitch strikes at 54.4 percent.

The pitchers with the slowest pace in the MLB are the Rays at 26.6 seconds between pitches. The Blue Jays at 21.4 seconds as a team average the least amount of time between pitches.

The Atlanta Braves have hit the most home runs in the MLB with 38. Justin Upton, OF, has hit 12 of the 38 home runs. The Braves as a team have a .324/.428/.752 (OBP/SLUG/OPS) line on the season. When you take Justin Upton out of the equation, the Braves line drops down to .312/.395/.707.

The Oakland Athletics have scored the most runs in the MLB, scoring 158. They only scored 88 in their equivalent first 28 games in 2012. That averages out to 2.5 runs scored per game in their first 28 games of 2012 and 5.6 runs per game in 2013. The Athletics on-base percentage has also jumped up from .281 to .345; over the same spans.

Houston Astros batters have struck out 267 times, the most in the majors. According to Baseball-Almanac the 2010 Arizona Diamondbacks currently own the record for most times striking out in a season with 1,529. The Astros are currently on a pace, that has them striking out 1,602 times over 162 games to break that record. The Braves, who have struck out the second most amount of times so far in 2013, are also on pace to break that record as well. They are on pace to strike out 1,532 times over 162 games.

The Astros have also grounded into the least amount of doubles plays, 10, so far in 2013. The Seattle Mariners have grounded into the most, hitting into 32 double plays. The Mariners lack of speed has also played a key role in the fact that they have stolen the least amount of bases, 7, so far in 2013. The high powered Athletics offense has stolen the most bases stealing, 25, so far.

The Cleavland Indians have led the league with a .200 ISO. The Marlins are the worst with a .083 ISO.

The Boston Red Sox have a .339 BABIP to lead the MLB so far in 2013. The Blue Jays and Cubs are tied for the worst, each with a .264 BABIP.

The St. Louis Cardinals have seen the highest percentage of fastballs, 62 percent, of the pitches they have seen. The Los Angeles Angels are on the other side of the spectrum at 54.8 percent. But when the Angels have seen a fastball so far in 2013, they are seeing the fastest average fastball, 91.8 mph. The Rockies have seen the slowest average fastball, averaging 90.1 mph.

The Angels *cough Josh Hamilton cough* have swung at the highest percentage of pitches seen so far in 2013, at 48.5 percent. The Indians have swung at only 42.1 percent of the pitches they have seen, the lowest rate in the MLB. The San Francisco Giants have the highest contact rate in the majors at 82.3 percent.

The Milwaukee Brewers have seen the highest percentage of first pitch strikes, 63.5 percent. The Athletics have seen the fewest percentage of first pitch strikes as a team at 55.5 percent.

Met RHP Matt Harvey and Red Sox Clay Buchholz are tied for the MLB lead with 4 wins each. Astros RHP Philip Humber leads the MLB in losses with 4. Giants RHP Sergio Romo has the MLB lead with 8 saves.

Buchholz has pitched 30 innings to lead the MLB. He pitched 7 innings in each of his first two starts. Then he pitched 8 innings in each of his third and fourth starts.

Tigers RHP Max Scherzer leads all innings qualified pitchers with at a 14.21 strikeouts per nine innings rate. Twins RHP Kevin Correia, 3.38 K/9, is the lowest. Correia’s has a 2.95 earned run average. Scherzer has a 2.84 ERA.

Giants RHP Tim Lincecum so far has walked 5.56 batters per nine innings, the highest rate in the MLB. Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright (29ip) and Athletics RHP Bartolo Colon (19ip) each have not walked a batter in 2013.

Twins RHP Vance Worley has allowed the worst batting average on balls in play, .403, among innings qualified pitchers. He has a career .316 BABIP allowed. Mariners RHP Hisashi Iwakuma has allowed a MLB low .119 BABIP, so far in 2013.

Tigers RHP Justin Verlander has thrown 439 pitches, the most so far in 2013.

Ross Detwiler has thrown a fastball 92.5 percent of the time so far in 2013, to lead innings qualified pitchers. Outside of Blue Jays knuckleballer, R.A. Dickey, Rangers RHP Yu Darvish has thrown the fewest percentage of fastballs, 30.6 percent.

Among innings qualified pitchers Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg has averaged the fastest fastball, 95.7 miles per hour. When you include relievers, basically anyone who’s pitched in 2013, Cardinals RHP Trevor Rosenthal has the highest average fastball velocity at 97.7mph.

Reds LHP Aroldis Chapman’s average fastball has dipped year of his career so far and the trend has continued into 2013.

2010: 99.6 mph. 15 games.

2011: 98.1 mph. 54 games.

2012: 98.0 mph. 68 games.

2013: 97.1 mph. 10 games.

The two lowest average fastball velocities in the MLB among innings qualified pitchers, are both on the Blue Jays. R.A. Dickey’s fastball has averaged 82.2 mph and LHP Mark Buehrle’s has averaged 84.7 mph.

Batters have swung at 39.3 percent of Adam Wainwright’s pitches outside the zone so far in 2013, to lead all innings qualified pitchers. Also among innings qualified pitchers, hitters have been most patient hitting off of Diamondbacks RHP Trevor Cahill, swinging at only 37.1 percent of his total pitches.

Hitters have only made contact on 61.7 percent of Red Sox RHP Ryan Dempster’s pitches so far in 2013, the lowest rate among innings qualified pitchers.

Cardinals rookie RHP Shelby Miller has thrown a first pitch strike 73.2 percent of the time, to lead the MLB. Batters have a .768 On-base plus slugging after Miller starts a plate appearance with a ball so far in 2013. When he starts the count with a first pitch strike batters only have a .404 OPS. Padres RHP Jason Marquis has started with a first pitch strike only 46.3 percent of the time, the lowest percentage in the MLB.

The Yankees have hit the most home runs in the MLB, 190. The Giants have hit the least, 77.

The Rangers have scored the most runs in the MLB, 612. The Cubs have scored the least, 453.

The Marlins lead the majors with 121 stolen bases. The Orioles have the fewest stolen bases, 39.

The Angels lineup sees the highest percentage of fastballs at 61.2%. The Padres see the lowest percentage of fastballs at 54.7%.

The Cubs lineup swings at the highest percentage of pitches outside the zone at 33.9%. The Indians lineup swings at lowest percentage of pitches outside the zone at 26.8%.

The Brewers pitching staff has the best strike out rate in the MLB at 8.53 K/9. The Twins have the lowest strike out rate at 5.92 K/9.

The Brewers pitching staff has thrown the most pitches in the MLB with 18,478. The Cardinals have thrown the least with 17,021.

As a pitching staff the Diamondbacks have thrown the highest percentage of fastballs in the MLB at 65.2%. The Mets pitching staff has thrown the lowest percentage of fastballs in the MLB at 50.7%.

The Nationals pitching staff has thrown the highest average fastball velocity in the MLB so far in 2012 at 93.2 mph. The Giants pitching staff has thrown the slowest average fastball velocity in 2012 at 89.9 mph.

The Cardinals pitching staff has thrown the highest percentage of first pitch strikes at 62.5%. The Rockies pitching staff has thrown the lowest amount of first pitch strikes, throwing one 56.6% of the time.

*Statistics from Baseball-Reference/Fangraphs and are through August 21. Season stats leaders are based on being qualified.

It is never too early for a little baseball talk. Given that, I am going to rank every MLB team’s 5 man Pitching Rotation. Some teams might have a dominate ace, but a poor three through 5 (Mariners), and others might not have had an All Star from their rotation, but depth one through five (Reds). But I am trying to be as fair by balancing the complete rotation one through five in my opinion.National League
1.) Philadelphia Phillies
Roy Halladay
Cliff Lee
Roy Oswalt
Cole Hamels
Joe Blanton

The Phillies were a very easy pick as my number one best rotation in the National League. There is lots of talk that they might have the best rotation in the history of baseball. Cole Hamels and Roy Oswalt would be a nice one-two combo if I offered it to you right? Well that is Philadelphia’s third and fourth pitcher in the rotation. Cliff Lee has some of the best all-time postseason statistics ever. Also in 2010 he had the second best strikeout per walk ratio in MLB history at 10.27 strikeouts per walk. I have yet to even mention the staff ace, Roy Halladay.

Halladay threw a no hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in the 2010 postseason. In Halladay’s first complete season in the National League he went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA while throwing 250.2 innings, while never failing to get through 5.2 innings. The biggest question in the Phillies rotation is the dreaded choice between Kyle Kendrick and Joe Blanton. That right there shows you are in very good shape if it is coming down to them two for the final rotation spot.

San Francisco also has a very deep rotation. Tim Lincecum is a 2 time Cy-Young winner in his young but successful career. Lincecum is followed by Matt Cain in the rotation. Cain has a career 57-62 Win-Loss record but yet a 3.45 ERA. His win-loss is not a clear cut sign of how good he has been in his career. In Cain’s 170 career games started he has received little run support. San Francisco batters have only gotten him a career 3.8 runs/game. The major league average over that time is 4.7 runs/game.

After the Giants’ top two pitchers the rest of the rotation is filled out with Jonathan Sanchez, Madison Bumgarner, and Barry Zito. Sanchez might have led the majors free passes, but a the same time he allowed the least amount of hits per nine innings allowed. Sanchez already has a no-hitter to his name and Bumgarner pitched 111 innings in his rookie season. He was a crucial part of the Giants comeback to win the NL West. In September he had finished the regular season with a 1.13 ERA in his final five starts. Then pitched 20.2 innings with an ERA of 2.18 in the 2010 postseason.

Barry Zito also had a relatively good year too, although he seemed to fad in the 2nd half; his ERA in the second half of the season was almost a full run higher than his first half. He did not make the playoff roster but still Zito is a valuable commodity in baseball (maybe not to the contract he has). He probably will never gain back the Cy-Young winning stuff he had in the early 2000s, he is one of the most durable pitchers in the Majors. He goes out and eats eat innings. From 2001 through 2010 Zito never pitched less than 180 innings.

I have the Reds third. If five years ago you told me the Reds would have this much young pitching depth I would have thought you were crazy. The Reds are full of not just good pitching, but good young pitching. I believe the Reds could become the dominate team of the National League over, whatever you call this next decade. This is centered around all their young position and pitching players, who are already winning at a fairly young age.

The Brewers also acquired Zack Greinke which skyrocketed their ranking. I believe Greinke is the 2011 Cy Young favorite in the National League. They also have added Shaun Marcum to go along with Yovani Gallardo. This top three is very good. The Cubs also brought in Matt Garza; at the expense of their minor league hitting and pitching players of the year. The NL Central might have the best group of rotations in the Majors at the top, if you take away Houston and Pittsburgh.

I also look for the Padres to pitch and field their way into playoff contention this year even without Gonzalez. It might be hard, but I think this added pressure will help their pitchers pitch to a little higher level. The New York Mets are a complete mess right now. This does not exclude a horrendous pitching staff. After Mike Pelfrey they will be piecing a lot together and it should be a tough year.

But no team in the National League is worse off than the Washington Nationals right now, starting pitching wise. They do have a fairly decent bullpen on paper, but bullpen success is hard to predict on a team level. Their rotation just is in shambles without Stephen Strasburg. Even with Stephen Strasburg they would still be lower tier team in this ranking. But I find it hard to believe that they will not finish last place in the National League East this season behind their poor pitching staff.

It is never too early for a little baseball talk. Given that, I am going to rank every MLB team’s 5 man Pitching Rotation. Some teams might have a dominate ace, but a poor three through 5 (Mariners), and others might not have had an All Star from their rotation, but depth one through five (Reds). But I am trying to be as fair by balancing the complete rotation one through five in my opinion.American League1.) Chicago White Sox
John Danks
Mark Buehrle
Gavin Floyd
Edwin Jackson
Jake Peavy-Out until around Memorial Day

So why is Chicago my number one rotation and why is Boston my number three? Especially since most people are in fact choosing Boston as having the best AL rotation! Here is why. Jon Lester may have my preseason Cy Young Prediction, but after that they can be extremely up and down at times. Clay Buchholz has very good stuff, but he is still very young and I highly doubt he will repeat his 2.33 ERA. He will still be very good and one of the better number twos in the AL, but I see his numbers slightly decreasing.

Josh Beckett is also a lot more like A.J. Burnett than people give him credit for. Both when they get in trouble become throwers rather than pitchers. When they do this they just start firing the cheese to the catcher and become highly predictable to the hitters, they also start losing their movement and control. Beckett is still better than Burnett, but at the same time when Beckett gets in trouble he becomes very similar to his former teammate.

I also think John Lackey’s best days are behind him and I expect him to stay fairly close to his production of last year (14-11, 4.40 ERA). He will still be able to get up and have a big day, but I believe him, Beckett, and Matsuzaka bring more of a name factor than they will production at this point in their careers. Matsuzaka walks too many batters to be consistent enough, which just adds to how exceptional his ERA and W-L record was in 2009. But eventually free passes will come back to bite you in the butt. Tim Wakefield will be a serviceable spot starter like he has been, at worst, throughout his major league career.

But when I look at the White Sox rotation I see a very good top five. Mark Buerle is a pitcher that any team would love to have, with his combination of pitching smarts and durability. Also the fans like the days he pitches on hot July afternoons with how fast he gets the job done. John Danks has surpassed Buehrle as the team’s ace. These top two lefties are good, but probably not as good as that of Boston.

But her is the difference. I see Edwin Jackson, Gavin Floyd, and Jake Peavy being a much better three-four-five than that of Boston. Peavy will be out until about Memorial Day, so the fifth spot will be up for grabs during Spring Training. But he should be back for most of the season, if everything goes according to plan. He will not be his old self that people remember him from in San Diego. But I still think he will be able to pitch to about the 3.70 ERA area, give or take a little either way.

Oakland gets the nod over Boston too. Their pitching rotation is probably the most underrated in the Major League. Their 3.56 ERA led the AL in 2010. This is 0.22 better than the second place Tampa Bay Rays. I believe the Rays will be able to, repeat a very good pitching year as well, even without Garza. They got the Cubs hitting and pitching minor league players in return for him as well. The Rays might take a step backward as a whole this year, but they show promise to return back to their dominate self in 2012.

Just a few days ago Andy Pettitte announced his retirement. Many people think this makes their pitching staff a huge weakness. But while I still do not believe it is a strength, it really is not that bad. CC Sabathia is a top tier MLB starter and I do not expect that to change in 2011. Phil Hughes really could be a future Cy Young winner at the two spot.

After that is where the staff gets a little sketchy. In 2010, A.J. Burnett became the first pitcher in Yankee history with 15 losses and an ERA above 5.00. He did have a horrendous, he takes pride in his play and should come in ready to play in 2011. He still has arguably the best curve ball in the Majors when he is on and throwing strikes to get ahead early. That is his major problem, because a 1-0 and 0-1 count have a totally different approach to hitters and he is pitching on the defense instead of the attack to much. I expect him to go about 13-9 with a ERA around the 4.50 area in 2011.

Ivan Nova is still unproven but I do not doubt his stuff and composure. He looked like a veteran during his 7 starts in 2010, composure wise. He appears to be a solid middle of the rotation pitcher down the road. But in 2011 I would see him as a very solid number 5. But as of today it appears that he will be a number 4. This is a little worrisome that the number four starter is so inexperienced.

Also the biggest story of the 2010-2011 winter was the “Where will Cliff Lee go” story. The Yankees were thought to be the favorite, but after he left over $20 million on the table to go to Philadelphia the Yankees have been criticized for putting all their eggs into one basket. This is somewhat true to a point. With the retirement Pettitte, the Yankees are currently without a certain starter at the fifth spot in the rotation. Possibilities include: Sergio Mitre, Joba Chamberlain, Bartolo Colon, Mark Prior, prospect Betances, but the favorite as of now appears to be Freddy Garcia. Garcia pitched a decent 2010 with the White Sox, but I do not see him as a long term fix.

The Yankees will probably use Garcia until the trade deadline where they will probably go after another pitcher, if they can stay in the playoff race. Some not-huge name players I see them going after could include: Fausto Carmona, Armando Galarraga, Scott Kazmir, Joe Blanton, Livan Hernandez, Carlos Zambrano, Brett Myers, Ross Ohlendorf, Aaron Harang, Barry Zito.

The Indians should probably be out of the race so they might shop Carmona. Same thing about Arizona with Galarraga and Livan Hernandez.. Kazmir and Zito are on good teams, but both have underperformed their current contracts. The Yankees could take on their salaries, while the Angels and Giants replace them with less money, and similar production. Joe Blanton could be the odd man out in Philadelphia if Kendrick takes the fifth starters spot. This would put him on the block.

Aaron Harang could be a small risk player to trade for from San Diego. Brett Myers’ might be the only reason Houston has to trade him at this point. They should fall out of the race, but they could hang around the NL Central. He also just signed an extension. Ross Ohlendorf, former Yankee, had a 1-11 record in Pittsburgh in 2010, but received poor run support. His 4.07 ERA should equiv late to a better record on a better team. He finished the year with a 2.68 ERA in 2010 in his last 11 starts as well.

Zambrano has worn out his welcome in Chicago as well. Many people fail to realize how strong he finished the year too. He will probably be on the block if Chicago is out of the race. Maybe someone could get a bargain for his talent, because of his baggage.